The Festival Lineup

Three Days Of Events At Nine Locations

The Art Institute Of Chicago

111 S. Michigan Ave.

November 10, 1993

Truman: Presidential Symbol

for the '90s

Sunday, 1-2 p.m.

Fullerton Auditorium

David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Truman," a biography that remained on The New York Times Best Seller List for 43 weeks, addresses our fascination with the plain-speaking president and examines why he is a symbol for the '90s.

Filmmaker as Storyteller: Windows to the Past

Sunday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Price Auditorium

Michael Gill, a film director, television producer and writer of international esteem, speaks on the power of the documentary to shape history. Gill has produced 48 films and directed 22, including "Civilisation," with Kenneth Clark; the award-winning "Paul Gauguin: The Savage Dream"; and "Buried Mirror," an epic portrayal of the European encounter with the New World.

Generation MTV: Sound, Fury and Politics

Sunday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Fullerton Auditorium

With its barrage of images, rapid edits and telegraphed sound bites, controversial MTV created a communications revolution that has affected more than just the music industry. MTV is a powerful player in setting the agenda for America's youth. Pat Gorman and Frank Olinsky, creators of the internationally known MTV image, Mark Goodman, one of the original "video jocks," and Greg Kot, rock and pop music critic of the Chicago Tribune, will examine MTV's evolution and revolution.

BBC: Equalizer of the People

Sunday, 4-5 p.m.

Fullerton Auditorium

Asa Briggs, widely recognized as the foremost authority on the British Broadcasting Company, will discuss the original vision of the BBC as an "equalizer of the people" and its evolution. Briggs is the author of the multi-volume "History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom," "THE BBC: The First Fifty Years" and "Governing the BBC."

CHICAGO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

SUITE 370, 435 E. ILLINOIS ST.

"The Velveteen Rabbit" and Other Stories

Saturday, 10-11 a.m.

Changing Exhibit Space

Rives Collins, an internationally acclaimed storyteller and professor of drama at Northwestern University, presents a cutting from "The Velveteen Rabbit," a play with great cross-cultural appeal. Afterward, Collins spins his own tale for children of all ages.

Go With the Flow: Motivating Adolescents

Sunday, 2-3 p.m.

Changing Exhibit Space

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, professor of psychology and education at the University of Chicago, discusses "flow," how to make work seem like play, the key to motivating teenagers. He also examines how television viewing shapes everyday experience. Csikszentmihalyi is the author of "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" and the co-author of "Beyond Boredom and Anxiety" and "Television and the Quality of Life." His flow model is used in education programs at museums and schools.

Cable TV 2093

Saturday, Sunday, all day

News Brief Exhibit

Children put their imaginations to the test to envision the future of television. Jointly sonsored by Cablevision of Chicago, "Cable TV 2093" challenged children from more than 150 suburban Chicago schools to answer questions like: What will the television set look like? How will we change the channels and how many will there be? Will there still be commercials? Will we watch TV instead of going to school? Get a sneak peview of what television might be like 100 years from today through selected essays that will be on display throughout the festival.

CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER

77 E. RANDOLPH ST.

Ethics and Aesthetics of the TV Documentary

Sunday, 1-2 p.m.

Theater

Bill Kurtis, Chicago's most watched news anchor, has an international reputation as an innovator in educational television. His award-winning programs include "The New Explorers," "The Rain Forest Imperative," "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" and "Halcion Nightmare." Kurtis talks about the delicate balance of ethics and aesthetics in making television documentaries.

Bridges to Other Cultures

Sunday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Theater

Today, nearly every classic and contemporary work is translated into the English language, enabling readers to experience the beauty and hear the messages of other cultures. Two talented translators, David Henry Hwang, author of the Tony Award-winning "M. Butterfly," and University of Chicago professor Anthony Yu talk about the problems, insights and joys of translation.

Laughing Matters: Humor in the PC Generation

Sunday, 4-5 p.m.

Theater

It has been said that humor makes life bearable when all else fails. But what's funny to some may not be funny to others. Does ethnic, racial and gender-based humor unite or divide people? Maynard Wishner, a "maven" on Jewish humor, will be joined by Aaron Freeman, political satirist and WBEZ-FM talk-show host, and Federal Judge Ilana Rovner in a discussion of humor as the essence of communication and understanding.